Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
अजापालोऽपि साक्षेपं प्रत्यु क्त्वा कारणोत्तरम् । प्रेषयामास धूम्राक्षं ततः कृत्यं समादधे
ajāpālo'pi sākṣepaṃ pratyu ktvā kāraṇottaram | preṣayāmāsa dhūmrākṣaṃ tataḥ kṛtyaṃ samādadhe
അജാപാലനും കാരണങ്ങളോടെ കടുപ്പമായി മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു. തുടർന്ന് ധൂമ്രാക്ഷനെ അയച്ചു വിട്ട്, പിന്നെ കൃത്യം (അനുഷ്ഠാനം) ആരംഭിച്ചു।
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Ajāpāla, composed yet stern, gestures sharply while answering; Dhūmrākṣa withdraws. Immediately, Ajāpāla turns to a ritual space—drawing a diagram, arranging offerings, preparing a kṛtya.
FAQs
Reasoned firmness and timely sacred action are portrayed as legitimate defenses against oppressive threats.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred context, though the verse focuses on the narrative turn.
A kṛtya (operative rite) is mentioned generally; details appear in the following verses.